Does your mouth taste like you’ve been munching on old coins? There’s a medical name for that: dysgeusia, a condition that can make your mouth taste metallic, salty, or rancid. When you think about ...

Floor of the mouth cancer is a type of oral cancer that forms under the tongue. Smoking, tobacco use, and drinking alcohol are some of the main risk factors for this form of cancer. Share on Pinterest ...

Dry mouth is more than an annoying feeling that makes you reach for a water bottle. It can affect your ability to eat, taste food, and protect your teeth. Kirtly Jones, MD, talks to Lea Erickson, DDS, ...

Jul. 3, 2025 -- How does oral health affect your entire body? What is the oral microbiome, and how can oral bacteria trigger inflammation beyond your mouth? In this episode, we spoke to Nammy Patel, ...

A metallic taste in your mouth paired with fatigue can result from hay fever, infections (like sinus infections, COVID-19, or the flu), medication side effects, chemotherapy, pregnancy, anxiety, or ...

While experts cannot say how many years it may take to develop mouth cancer from smoking, they do know it is a leading risk factor for the condition, with most cases occurring in people who smoke.

Newswise — Saliva is complex. Packed with calcium and phosphate, it’s essentially a tooth’s blood supply. But that’s just one of the fluid’s many functions. “It has proteins that attack various ...

Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDS Trench mouth is a severe gum disease caused by bacterial overgrowth.You may have symptoms like pain, bleeding, and ulcers in your gums.Make sure you practice ...